Well, Mother Nature gave us a doozey. The gates to the paddocks are all frozen; tack & feed shed doors are frozen; there's two inches of ice on top of soft snow on top of more ice. These are the times when I wish I had a "traditional" barn where all the horses are in nice, warm, stalls and I could just go down the rows and dump grain and throw hay then sit in a nice, cozy stall or indoor to play. Barns really ARE for humans ... the horses are having a blast running around in the ice and snow right now. I guess they decided one more day or two of the white stuff is gonna be OK. It's not particularly cold out right now, either. Close to mid-30's so the stuff is going to melt rather rapidly. Spring birds are out there in there icecaves in the trees singing in the praises of the season. I think I'll wait a bit longer, though, to where I can get the gates opened, to go out and play with the horses. Today will be a good day for that.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
St. Patty's Day Nor'Easter
Well, Mother Nature gave us a doozey. The gates to the paddocks are all frozen; tack & feed shed doors are frozen; there's two inches of ice on top of soft snow on top of more ice. These are the times when I wish I had a "traditional" barn where all the horses are in nice, warm, stalls and I could just go down the rows and dump grain and throw hay then sit in a nice, cozy stall or indoor to play. Barns really ARE for humans ... the horses are having a blast running around in the ice and snow right now. I guess they decided one more day or two of the white stuff is gonna be OK. It's not particularly cold out right now, either. Close to mid-30's so the stuff is going to melt rather rapidly. Spring birds are out there in there icecaves in the trees singing in the praises of the season. I think I'll wait a bit longer, though, to where I can get the gates opened, to go out and play with the horses. Today will be a good day for that.
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